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Fort Greene Peace

1 gallery with 32 photos.

Updated: Jul 26, 2009 8:59pm PST

Brooklyn Parents For Peace

3 galleries with 17 photos.

Updated: Feb 04, 2009 8:42am PST

Chris Owens For Congress

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Updated: Aug 31, 2006 8:35am PST

Frank Barbaro For Congress

10 galleries with 126 photos.

Updated: Nov 21, 2004 7:41am PST

Politics Galleries

Brooklyn Says NO to Atlantic Yards (again) : Jul 29, 2009 The Atlantic Yards project, directed by mega-developer Bruce Ratner, is in its death throes, a victim of the declining economy. But wait - can Bloomberg and Paterson extend a helping hand and bail out another billionaire? Not if Brooklynites have their say. Over a hundred turned out today, called together by Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB), outside NYC Technical College where the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC), the state body that has overseen this boondoggle of a land-grab scandal, was holding hearings to see how Ratner could be helped to more of the taxpayers' money. Here are pictures I took of that protest and news conference today. - Matt

Brooklyn Says NO to Atlantic Yards (again)

Jul 29, 2009 The Atlantic Yards project, directed by mega-developer ...

Updated: Jul 29, 2009 4:37pm PST

Flatbush Turns Out For The End Of America : May 14, 2009 Some sixty Brooklynites braved a rainy Thursday night and flowed into the cavernous auditorium of P.S. 139 near Cortelyou Road in Flatbush. They were called there by a new organization that's been established in the neighborhood: Flatbush For Peace. The evening featured an important new film, The End Of America, based on the NY Times best selling book of the same name, written by author Naomi Wolf. The film details the terrible damage to our constitution and civil liberties due to the actions of the Bush administration. The evenings co-sponsors were COPO (Council of People's Organizations) which serves the South Asian population of the community, HELP (Haitian Enlightemnet Literacy Project) and Brooklyn For Peace. Wolf was a featured guest, and followed the film with a disucssion and question and answer session. Joining her on the podium was the Legal Director of the NYCLU (New York Civil Liberties Union), Arthur Eisenberg.

Flatbush Turns Out For The End Of America

May 14, 2009 Some sixty Brooklynites braved a rainy Thursday night ...

Updated: May 15, 2009 5:47am PST

The BVSJ 30th Annivesary Luncheon : Apr 17, 2009 Friends, supporters, members, partners and staff gathered for a luncheon to honor the 30 fabulous years of achievement by one of Brooklyn's fighting progressive organizations The Black Veterans For Social Justice The event was held at the group's Willoughby Street headquarters in Bedford Stuyvesant. Here are a few photos I took. - Matt

The BVSJ 30th Annivesary Luncheon

Apr 17, 2009 Friends, supporters, members, partners and staff gathe ...

Updated: Apr 18, 2009 7:05am PST

Vote And Live At Habana Outpost : Oct 8, 2008 A diverse crowd of Brooklyn residents jammed into Low Post, the cozy performance spot attached to Fort Greene's popular Cuban restaurant, Habana Outpost on Fulton Street. The occasion, taking advantage of the excitement around the runup to November's historic election, featured an examination of the special problems and serious obstacles confronting ex-convicts as they rejoin society but are very often denied the rights of citizens by being blocked from voting. A new movie by filmmaker Samson Styles, LOCKED OUT - EX-CONS AND THE VOTE, was shown. A discussion, led by Styles, followed. Performers, including Spiritchild and Aliza Hava, reved up the crowd for an exciting evening. Here are photos from that informative evening which was sponsored by the Fort Greene Film Society.

Vote And Live At Habana Outpost

Oct 8, 2008 A diverse crowd of Brooklyn residents jammed into Low P ...

Updated: Oct 09, 2008 3:49pm PST

No Bush Bailout - Rally on Wall Street : Sep 25, 2008 Several thousands demonstrated in NYC today against the Bush robbery plan to solve the financial crisis confrontin the U.S. and word economies. "Trust me to solve the crisis," says the leader of the bunch who brought us the crisis. "And don't ask questions, just give me the money." Is this guy kidding? Everything he has ever touched has been a disaster from baseball teams to oil companies to a so-called war against terrorism to the well-being of our country. Trust him? Americans are saying NO to Bush and the pretender to the throne - Bush's clone, John McCain. Similar demonstrations took place throughout the country but perhaps not with as much symbolism at this located at the scene of the crime: Wall Street. Another Wall Street rally is scheduled for Monday, September 29th at 12 noon. Called by Jessie Jackson and the Transit Workers Union (TWU), it should be attended by all who want to move the country in a different direction after eight years of the house wreckers misleading our country and destroying our world.

No Bush Bailout - Rally on Wall Street

Sep 25, 2008 Several thousands demonstrated in NYC today against th ...

Updated: Sep 25, 2008 7:12pm PST

Working for Obama in Philly. : April 18, 2008 Along with friends, Ted and Jane, I drove to Philadelphia a few days in advance of the Primary election therre. Wanting to contribute to the exciting movement developing around the candidacy of Barack Obama, we spent the day canvassing the Germantown section of the City of rotherly Love. We knocked on close to 200 doors ina mostly African-American neighborhood and were warmly received with interest and excitement. We returned to New York at about 9 o'clock, tired but energized from doing our part in turning the country around.

Working for Obama in Philly.

April 18, 2008 Along with friends, Ted and Jane, I drove to Philade ...

Updated: Apr 24, 2008 7:45pm PST

Support Rally to protest jailing of Roger Toussaint. : on Apr 25, 2006, thousands of New Yorkers, gathered at the plaza next to the Brooklyn Borough Hall. They were rallying and later marching across the Brooklyn Bridge to protest the anti-labor jailing of Roger Toussaint. The President of Local 100 of the Transport Workers Union was thrown in jail by a judge as punishment for leading his members in a strike to preserve their standard of living. Joined by community leaders, city councilmembers, a Congressman, clergy and dozens of NYC union leaders, the rally expressed a militant solidarity and determination to fight back against the draconian Taylor law that outlaws strikes by public workers.

Support Rally to protest jailing of Roger Toussaint.

on Apr 25, 2006, thousands of New Yorkers, gathered at the plaza next ...

Updated: Apr 24, 2006 9:19pm PST

In Rachel Corrie's Words : March 22, 2006 - In the light of the cancellation by the Manhattan Theater Club's production of My Name Is Rachel Corrie, several thousand New Yorkers turned out tonight at Riverside Church to hear writers, artists, playwrights and activists speak her writings. The play would tell the story - in her own words and emails - of the courageous 23-year old American woman who travelled to Gaza to protect innocent Palestinians and who stood in front of an Israeli bulldozer in an attempt to prevent the driver from destroying a Palestinian home. The bulldozer drove over her and then reversed and crushed her a second time. "My back is broken," she said before she died. Declaring that the Sharon government could destroy her body but could never kill her spirit, people have stood up to those who would cave in to the new McCarthyism that attempts to stifle opposition and protest to the unjust policies of the U.S. and Israeli occupations.

In Rachel Corrie's Words

March 22, 2006 - In the light of the cancellation by the Manhattan The ...

Updated: Mar 24, 2006 5:34am PST

PWW Annual Luncheon, NYC, Nov 20, 2005 - Sam Webb speaks on the struggle for socialism in USA. : The annual People's Weekly World luncheon, held at the Winston Unity Center on West 23rd Street in New York on Nov 20, 2005. Sam Webb, National Chair of the CPUSA, addressed the overflow crowd to discuss the struggle for a socialist USA. Honored was former Assemblyman and NY State judge, Frank Barbaro. Barbaro was honored for his years of leadership on behalf of labor and the people's struggles for a better life.

PWW Annual Luncheon, NYC, Nov 20, 2005 - Sam Webb speaks on the struggle for socialism in USA.

The annual People's Weekly World luncheon, held at the Winston Unity C ...

Updated: Nov 20, 2005 10:40pm PST

Gail's Palestine Photos : Accompanying Stacey in Palestine was Gail. These are her images of the experience.

Gail's Palestine Photos

Accompanying Stacey in Palestine was Gail. These are her images of the ...

Updated: Nov 13, 2005 8:10pm PST

WCA Trip #2 ** USE #3 ** : From June 18 to July 6th, 2004, Stacey travelled, first to Amsterdam, then to Israel. Her mission: to express her solidarity with the long-suffering people of Palestine. She travelled alongside 17 other brave women in a group that is modestly called, Women Of A Certain Age (WCA). Here, photos of that historic sojourn.

WCA Trip #2 ** USE #3 **

From June 18 to July 6th, 2004, Stacey travelled, first to Amsterdam, ...

Updated: Oct 16, 2005 9:59am PST

Labor says NO to 4 more years of Bush! : On September 1, 2004, the NYC Central Labor Council called for a historic Labor Day march outside the Republican National Convention. Thousands of New York workers converged on Madison Square Garden on 8th Avenue. They opposed four more years of Bush policies of aiding the rich while trampling on the rights of labor, waging an immoral war while ignoring rising unemployment at home and cutting the taxes of the super-rich while 45 milliion Americans go without health insurance. Speaker after speaker attacked the Bush administration and urged thousands in the audience to apare no effort to make sure that the President is retired this November 2nd.

Labor says NO to 4 more years of Bush!

On September 1, 2004, the NYC Central Labor Council called for a histo ...

Updated: Sep 02, 2004 4:03pm PST

Give Bush A Pink Slip : September 1, 2004 - Thousands of New Yorkers formed a line from Wall Street to Madison Square Garden. For 15 minutes they stood silently while holding aloft a pink slip. This was the symbol of the rising joblessness brought on by 4 years of the Bush policies of aiding the super-rich and crapping on the rest of us. It's the first Administration since that of Herbert Hoover where joblessness has increased for three years in a row.

Give Bush A Pink Slip

September 1, 2004 - Thousands of New Yorkers formed a line from Wall S ...

Updated: Sep 02, 2004 9:31am PST

August 29, 2004 - The World Says NO to the Bush Agenda! : August 29, 2004 - It was the largest demonstration in NYC in decades. According to the NY Times, a half-million people walked the streets of our fair city to protest the Bush Gang's policies of war, greed, hate, cutbacks and repression. We were happy to take part in this historic march. It seemed to me that all of New York had turned out to say NO to Bush and Chaney.

August 29, 2004 - The World Says NO to the Bush Agenda!

August 29, 2004 - It was the largest demonstration in NYC in decades. ...

Updated: Aug 30, 2004 3:39pm PST

WCA Trip #5 : From June 18 to July 6th, 2004, Stacey travelled, first to Amsterdam, then to Israel. Her mission: to express her solidarity with the long-suffering people of Palestine. She travelled alongside 17 other brave women in a group that is modestly called, Women Of A Certain Age (WCA). Here, photos of that historic sojourn.

WCA Trip #5

From June 18 to July 6th, 2004, Stacey travelled, first to Amsterdam, ...

Updated: Jul 08, 2004 3:54am PST

WCA Trip #4 ** USE 5 *** : From June 18 to July 6th, 2004, Stacey travelled, first to Amsterdam, then to Israel. Her mission: to express her solidarity with the long-suffering people of Palestine. She travelled alongside 17 other brave women in a group that is modestly called, Women Of A Certain Age (WCA). Here, photos of that historic sojourn.

WCA Trip #4 ** USE 5 ***

From June 18 to July 6th, 2004, Stacey travelled, first to Amsterdam, ...

Updated: Jul 05, 2004 10:43am PST

In Biddu : These are photos taken by Stacey in the Palestinian village of Biddu on June 27 and 28t, 2004.

In Biddu

These are photos taken by Stacey in the Palestinian village of Biddu o ...

Updated: Jun 30, 2004 5:48am PST

WCA Trip #3 ** USE # 4 ** : From June 18 to July 6th, 2004, Stacey travelled, first to Amsterdam, then to Israel. Her mission: to express her solidarity with the long-suffering people of Palestine. She travelled alongside 17 other brave women in a group that is modestly called, Women Of A Certain Age (WCA). Here, photos of that historic sojourn.

WCA Trip #3 ** USE # 4 **

From June 18 to July 6th, 2004, Stacey travelled, first to Amsterdam, ...

Updated: Jun 30, 2004 5:20am PST

WCA Trip #1 - ** USE # 2 ** : From June 18 to July 6th, 2004, Stacey travelled, first to Amsterdam, then to Israel. Her mission: to express her solidarity with the long-suffering people of Palestine. She travelled alongside 17 other brave women in a group that is modestly called, Women Of A Certain Age (WCA). Here, photos of that historic sojourn.

WCA Trip #1 - ** USE # 2 **

From June 18 to July 6th, 2004, Stacey travelled, first to Amsterdam, ...

Updated: Jun 27, 2004 7:42am PST

PWW distribution at 1199 Strike Vote :

PWW distribution at 1199 Strike Vote

Updated: Apr 15, 2004 7:32pm PST

The Great Peace March - March 20, 2004 : From all over they came: young, old, Black, white. With great spirit and optimism on a clear, cool day; the first day of spring. They came to give voice to a simple idea. That the world still says NO to war, one year after Bush and his bunch of usurpers and pretenders invaded and occupied a sovereign country on the pretext of preventing the use of weapons of mass destruction (remember those weapons??) Here are a few photos of the great peace march. -Matt bicyclist@bigfoot.com

The Great Peace March - March 20, 2004

From all over they came: young, old, Black, white. With great spirit a ...

Updated: Mar 21, 2004 9:06am PST